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"Speakers came under fire for their suspect academic background, most notably the first speaker of the conference, Ali Abunimah, who runs a Web site called the "Electronic Intifada," which according to NGO Monitor’s Gerald Steinberg, "specializes in demonizing Israel." In a National Post editorial, Steinberg wrote of Abunimah, "He is affiliated with the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, a political organization based in Gaza that systematically distorts and exploits the language of human rights to attack Israel." A Twitter post from the conference on Monday read, "Ali Abunimah talking about how Israel doesn’t have a right to exist as a Jewish state.""